Muir v. Cox

HALL, Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from a de novo review of a decision of the Utah State Driver’s License Division (hereinafter “Division”) wherein the district court denied plaintiff’s petition to reinstate his driver’s license. In so ruling, the court held that plaintiff had refused to submit to a breathalyzer examination pursuant to Utah’s Implied Consent Law.1

On November 22, 1978, at approximately 1:00 a.m. plaintiff was involved in a traffic accident in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of the investigating officers, patrolman Hunt, suspected that plaintiff had been drinking and requested that he…